Unit 3 Flashcards
(45 cards)
What was the National Socialist Party (Nazis)?
This group started as the “German Workers’ Party” with only a few members. Later, it changed its name to NSDAP, also known as the Nazis. By 1921, it grew a lot, when Hitler became the leader in 1923. The group wanted to control what people saw and read in the media. They also believed in German “purity,” thinking women should stay home and raise children, schools should teach Nazi ideas, and they didn’t like religion. They used propaganda to spread their beliefs.
What is the concept of the Master Race in Nazi ideology?
The belief that the Aryan race (white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed Germans) was superior, considering Jews, Roma, Black people, Slavs, and others as ‘inferior.’
What is Anti-Semitism?
Hatred to Jewish people, which became an official policy in Nazi Germany, leading to loss of citizenship, violence, and eventual deportation to ghettos and death camps.
What is a dictator?
A dictator is an authoritarian leader who has complete control over a country’s government and population, often suppressing opposition and using force to maintain power an example is Hitler’s rise to dictatorship through the Enabling Act in 1933.
What were the Nuremburg Laws?
Racist laws passed in 1935 that stripped Jewish people of their rights, they were limited/denied and they had to carry identification cards also they were forced to wear a star of david
What was the Munich Conference?
A 1938 meeting where Britain and France allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia in exchange for a promise of no further expansion.
What is fascism?
Fascism is where a country is ruled by a strong leader who has total power. This leader believes the nation is very important and that everyone should follow them without question. People are not allowed to disagree they controls the army, and uses it to show strength. This happened in Italy with Mussolini and in Germany with Hitler.
What was the Enabling Act?
A law passed on March 23, 1933, that gave Hitler full power to pass laws without Parliament, enabling his dictatorship.
What happened during the Reichstag Fire?
The German parliament building was set on fire on February 27, 1933, which Hitler used to blame communists and gain emergency powers.
What is Mein Kampf?
A book written by Hitler in 1925 while in jail, showing his racist views and plans for Germany’s future.
What was the Beer Hall Putsch?
A failed coup attempt by Hitler and the Nazis in November 1923 to take over the Bavarian government, resulting in Hitler’s arrest.
What was the Anschluss?
The invasion of Austria by Germany on March 12, 1938, without resistance, as Hitler claimed Austrians were Germans.
Who were the Allied Powers in WWII?
Countries that fought against : Britain, France, the Soviet Union, Canada, and the United States (joined in 1941 after Pearl Harbor).
Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan, which formed a military alliance to expand their empires through war and conquest.
What is Blitzkrieg?
“lighting war” used by Germans A fast attack strategy using tanks, planes, and soldiers to quickly overwhelm enemies, first used in Poland to start WWII.
What was the Battle of Britain?
A 1940 battle where Hitler wanted to invade Britain Britain had a big advantage while Germany just had a small advantage like more planes and their strategy was bad but the British RAF successfully defended using radar and Spitfire planes and britain won
What happened in Hong Kong in 1941?
Canada sent troops to defend British-controlled Hong Kong, where they faced a Japanese invasion, resulting in many casualties and captures.
What was the Dieppe Raid?
failed 5000 Canadian and british soilders got sent on the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, resulting in significant Canadian casualties and lessons for D-Day.
What was Operation Barbarossa?
Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union from June to December 1941, but failed.
What was the Battle of Ortona?
battle in December 1943 where Canadian troops fought house-to-house against German forces in Italy, resulting in heavy casualties Canada won
What was D-Day?
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was the day the Allies invaded France to fight back against the Nazis. allied forces attacked beaches in Normandy, France, Canada landed at Juno Beach, It was the start of freeing Europe
What is VE Day?
Victory in Europe Day, celebrated on May 8, 1945, when Germany surrendered to the Allies.
What is VJ Day?
Victory over Japan Day, celebrated on August 14, 1945, when Japan surrendered after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs.
What is an atomic bomb?
A weapon that uses nuclear reactions to release alot energy, developed secretly in the Manhattan Project.
